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The Shorter Catechifm.

Q. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?

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A. T fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting aring sing any thing against the honour and duty elves angeth to every one in their feveral places and Q 75

A. That is the reafon annexed to the fifth commandment? r may u reafon annexed to the fifth commandment, is outward of long life and profperity (as far as it fhall ferve

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74k7. Which is the fixth commandment?

tle The fixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill b. Q. 68. What is required in the fixth commandment? A. The fixth commandment requireth all lawful endea, ours to preferve our own life c, and the life of others d.

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65. z Matth. xv. 4. For God commanded, faying, Honour thy father and mother and, He that curfeth father or mother, let him die the death. 5. But ye fay, Whofoever shall fay to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatfoever thou mighteft be profited by me, v. 6. And honour not his father or his mother, he fhall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ezek. xxxiv. 2. Son of man, prophefy against the fhepherds of Ifrael, prophefy and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God unto the fhepherds, Wo be to the fhepherds of Ifrael that do feed themfelves: fhould not the fhep3. Ye herds feed the flocks; v. eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed but ye feed not the flock. v. 4. The difeafed have ye not ftrengthened, neither have ye healed that which was fick, neither have bound that which was broken, ye up neither have ye brought ag in that neither which was driven away, have ye fought that which was loft;

Q.69. but with force and with cruelty Rom. xiii. 8. have ye ruled them. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.

66. a Ďeut. v. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment, with promife.) v. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayft live long on the earth.

67. b. Excl. xx. 13.

68. c Eph. v. 28. So ought men to love their own wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himfelf. v. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own fiefh; but nourisheth and cheritheth it, even as the Lord the church

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For it was di Kings xviii. fo, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

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The Shorter Catechifm.

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Q. 70. Which is the feventh commandment? A. The feventh commandment is, Thou shalt own madultery f.

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Q. 71. What is required in the feventh comman A. The feventh commandment requireth the pre of our own and our neighbour's chaltity, in heart,nd thy and behaviour g.

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Q. 72. What is forbidden in the feventh commandment? A. The feventh commandment forbiddeth all unchafte thoughts, words, and actions h.

73. Which is the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal i. Q.74•

69, e Acts xvi. 28. But Paul eried with a loud voice, faying, Do thyfelf no harm; for we are all here. Gen. ix. 6. Whofo fheddeth man's blood, by man fhall. his blood be fhed for in the image of God made he man.

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70. f Exod. xx. 14.

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71. g 1 Cor. vii. 2. lefs to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. v. 3. Let the hufband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewife alfo the wife unto the hufband. v. 5. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with confent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fafting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. v. 34. There is difference alfo between a wife and a virgin the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that the may be holy, both in body and in fpirit: but fhe that is married, careth for the things of the world, how fhe may pleafe her hufband. v. 36. But if any man think

that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if the país the flower of her age, and need fo require, let him do what he will, he finneth not: iv. 6. Let your fpeech be always let them marry. Col, with grace, feasoned with falt, that ye may know how ye ought to anfwer every man While they behold your chafte con1 Pet. iii. 2. verfation coupled with fear.

72. Matth. xv. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, thefts, falfe witneffes, blafphemies. murders adulteries, fornications, Matth. v. 28. But I fay unto you, That whofoever looketh on a woted adultery with her already in his man to luft after her, hath commitheart. Eph. v. 3. But fornication, and all uncleannefs, or covetoufnefs, let it not be once named amongst Neither filthinefs, nor foolish talkyou, as becometh faints: ing, nor jefting, which are not conbut rather giving of

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73. i Exod, xx. 15.

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Q.74. What is required in the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourfelves and others k.

Q 75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbour's wealth or outward eftate /.

74 k Gen. xxx. 30. For it was little which thou hadit before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath bleffed thee fince my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own houfe alfo? 1 Tim. v 8 But if any provide not for his own, and fpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe than an infidel. Lev. xxv. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou fhalt relieve him: yea, though he be a ftranger, or a fojourner; that he may live with thee. Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not fee thy brother's ox or his theep go astray, and hide thyfelf from them: thou shalt in any cafe bring them again unto thy brother. v. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou fhalt bring it unto thine own houfe, and it fhall be with thee until thy brother feek after it, and thou shalt reftore it to him again. V. 3. In like manner fhalt thou do with his afs, and fo fhalt thou do with his raiment, and with all loft things of thy brother's, which he hath loft, and thou haft found, fhalt thou do likewife thou mayft not hide thyfelf. v. 4. Thou shalt not fee thy brother's afs or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyfelf from them: thou shalt furely help him to Ift them up again. v. 5. The wo

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man fhall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do fo are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Exod. xxiii. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his afs going aftray, thou fhalt furely bring it back to him again. v. 5. If thou fee the afs of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldt forbear to help him, thou fhalt furely help with him. Gen. xlvii. 14. And Jofeph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Jofeph brought the money into Pharaoh's houfe. v. 20. And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians fold every man' his field, because the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaoh's.

75./ Prov. xxi. 17. He that loveth pleafure fhall be a poor man : he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Prov. xxiii. 20. Be not amongft wine-bibbers; amongft riotous eaters of flesh. V. 21. For the drunkard and the glutton fhall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land,. fhall have plenty of bread: but he hat followeth after vain perfons, fhall have poverty enough. Eph. iv. 28. Let him that ftole, fteal no

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Q76. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour m.

Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man n, and of our own and our neighbour's good name o, efpecially in witnessbearing p.

Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commadment ?

A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbour's good name q.

Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maid fervant, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's r.

Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment? A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and cha

more but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

76 m Exod. xx. 16.

77. n Zech. viii. 16. These are the things that ye fhall do, Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour: execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.

03 John 12. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record, and ye know that our record is true.

p Prov xiv. 5. A faithful witnefs will not lie: but a falfe witnefs will utter lies. v. 25. A true witness delivereth fouls, but a de"ceitful witnefs fpeaketh lies.

78. q 1 Sam. xviii 28. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he fpake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David,

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and he faid, Why cameft thou down
hither? and with whom haft thou
left thofe few fheep in the wilder
nefs? I know thy pride, and the
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou
art come down, that thou might
fee the battle. Lev. xix. 16. Thou
fhalt not go up and down as a tale-
bearer among thy people; neither
fhalt thou ftand against the blood of
thy neighbour :
I am the Lord.
Pfal. xv. 3. He that backbiteth not
with his tongue, nor doth evil to
his neighbour, nor taketh up a re-
proach against his neighbour.

79. r Exod. xx. 17.

80. Heb. xiii. 5. Let your con / verfation be without covetoufnefs; and be content with fuch things as ye have: for he hath faid, I will never leave thee, nor forfake thee. 1 Tim. vi. 6. But godlinefs with contentment is great gain.

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Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all difcontentment with our own eftate v, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour w, and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his x.

Q82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

A. No mere man fince the fall, is able in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God y, but doth

Job xxxi. 29. If I rejoiced at the deftruction of him that hated me, or lift up myfelf when evil found him. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 1 Tim. i. 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeig ned. 1 Cor. xii. 4. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. v. 5. Doth not behave itlelf unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil. v. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: v. 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 81. v 1 Kings xxi. 4. And Ahab came into his house, heavy and difpleased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had fpoken to him for he had faid, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers and he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Efther v. 13. Yet all this availeth me nothing, fo long as I fee Mordecai the Jew fitting at the king's gate. 1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer.

Gal. v. 26. Let us not be de firous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. James iii. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and ftrife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. v. 16. For where envying and ftrife is, there is confufion, and every evil work.

x Rom. vii. 7. What fhall we fay then? Is the law fin? God for- . bid. Nay, I had not known fin, but by the law; for I had not known luft, except the law had faid, Thou fhalt not covet. v. 8. But fin taking occafion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupifcence. For without the law fin was dead. Rom. xiii. 9. For this, Thou fhalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not fteal, Thou shalt not bear falfe witnefs, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprenended in this faying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. Deut. v. 21. Neither halt thou defire thy neighbour's wife, neither fhalt thou covet thy neighbour's houfe, his field, or his man-fervant, or his maid-fervant, his ox, or his afs, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

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82. J' Eccl. vii. 20. For there is not a juft man upon earth, that doth

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